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Old 11-01-2011
Delete rows with particular number of columns

Hello Guys

I have a flat file with few thousands of rows.
Now each rows have different number of columns

I want to delete the rows which has not equal to 749 columns

Can you guys please let me know how to do the same

Your help is much appreciated.
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Old 11-01-2011
Please provide a sample of the input file.
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Old 11-01-2011
Sorry ,please ignore the question its solved
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